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“At 12, she was a strong-willed and promising student who was taking

geometry in the seventh grade. She dreamed of being the first woman pro
football player one week, a lawyer the next. Muscular, quick and
competitive, she could hold her own on the baseball diamond and
basketball court with the boys. She did not seem interested in romance and
dating. After her first dance, she came home saying she was not ready for
boys fussing over her. And she considered her sex education class "gross.''
“Courtney was a warm child, and a number of her classmates considered
her their best friend. On what turned out to be her last day of school, she
hugged one of her girlfriends and parted company. "I love you,'' they told
one another. Once home, she told her brother she was heading to Harry's
Liquors & Food for a snack. It was just a few blocks from their home.”

“His crime was particularly disturbing because he killed just two days after
the FBI came to his home and seized his child pornography collection. FBI
officials say it may be the first time that a child-porn search prompted such
a tragedy, and the murder left veteran agents agonizing over their handling
of the case and wondering how they might better predict when a suspect
will act on his impulses.”
“The only remnants of the memorial at Courtney's Corner are wax stains on
the sidewalk, but she is not forgotten. At t